The Masters: What to Watch on Day 4

Weather forecast/course conditions: Cloudy, high of 80 degrees. The greens at Augusta National have played unusually slow this week. Early Saturday morning rain kept the greens moist and forgiving in the third round, allowing players to be more aggressive on their approach shots. Whether that changes today remains to be seen. It was dry overnight, but as long as it remains cloudy, the greens won’t be baking under the afternoon sun.

Last three pairings/tee times:

Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, 2:30 p.m.

Never in the history of golf has a pairing of players 10 shots off the lead been so fascinating. Sure, no one has ever entered the final round of the Masters trailing by more than eight strokes and come back to win, and it almost certainly isn’t going to happen today. But this pairing still figures to be riveting, if only for what it means down the road. Coming into this tournament, the idea that Woods was ready to go toe-to-toe with the world’s No. 1 player seemed laughable. But if he outplays him head-to-head in the final round at the Masters and winds up in the top five, what does that say?